Taliban Gains Unsettle Neighbors

Taliban fighters in the Afghan border region have been vanquished,
according to the Pakistani military. Photo from The Telegraph.

From The Washington Times:

Afghans ambivalent, alarmed by growing militancy in Pakistan.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghans are watching with a mixture of sympathy, satisfaction and fear as the Taliban that has menaced their country for years makes gains across the border in Pakistan.

"Now they know what we have been dealing with for so many years," Kabul carpet merchant Rauf Hamed said as he waited for his first customer of the day at his downtown shop. "The terrorism, the suicide attacks - they are killing themselves."

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My Comment: A Talibanization of Pakistan would produce an economic collapse, millions of refugees, and an extremist Islamic government that not only believes in jihad, but will align itself with groups like Al Qaeda to wage war against India, Afghanistan, and the West .... but using nuclear weapons as their sword.

Pakistan's neighbors are justifiably concerned .... they have figured out the costs to any Taliban advance and success.